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To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame. [Obs.] Minds exulcerated in themselves. Hooker.

A fretting; a festering; soreness. Hooker.

d with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker. Story. Wharton. My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled That owes me for a hundred tun of wine. Marlowe.

tered with fairness; bland; civil; courteous; plausible. "A marvelous fair-spoken man." Hooker.

or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.

Intensity of feeling or expression; glowing ardor; passion; holy zeal; earnestness. Hooker. Winged with fervor of her love. Shak.

Fuel. [Obs.] Hooker.

nce to truth; veracity; honesty. The principal thing required in a witness is fidelity. Hooker.

or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish. Pope. The sword which is made fiery. Hooker. Fiery cross, a cross constructed of two firebrands, and pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up arms. Sir W. Scott.

's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity. Hooker.

during a specified period. -- Fire irons, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs, poker, and shovel. -- Fire main, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out fire. -- Fire master (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the composition of fireworks. -- Fire office, an office at which to effect ins…

A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, and poker.

A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper. [Eng.] Simmonds.

the lash of the executioner or the beadle. De Quincey. Flagrant desires and affections. Hooker.

Without allowance for accrued interest. [Broker's Cant]

, that the souls of men, departing this life, did flit out of one body into some other. Hooker.

uth. The choice and flower of all things profitable the Psalms do more briefly contain. Hooker. The flower of the chivalry of all Spain. Southey. A simple maiden in her flower Is worth a hundred coats of arms. Tennyson.

w the perfections of them whom we like not, than in defects resemble them whom we love. Hooker.

s, that God, for the worthiness of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsafe to grant. Hooker.

g and forcible. Shak. That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin. Hooker. He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and ornamented. Lowth (Transl. )